Undaunted Courage, written by Stephen E. Ambrose is a biography of Meriwether Lewis of Lewis and Clark. The book is based on the journals written by Lews and Clark, but also offers additional insight into the two travelers.
In UNDAUNTEDCOURAGE: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West (Simon & Schuster; February 15, 1996, $27.50 U.S.), Ambrose draws on new scholarship to create a compelling and original portrait of the expedition's leader, Captain Meriwether Lewis, who made extraordinary but underappreciated contributions to scientific knowledge.
Above all, however, UNDAUNTEDCOURAGE is a grand, colorful narrative of heart-stopping adventure and wondrous discovery, in which Ambrose conveys a vivid sense of what western North America was like before its settlement by European-Americans, as seen through the eyes of the first white man to explore it.
Displaying Stephen E. Ambrose's superb skills as both a writer and a historian, UNDAUNTEDCOURAGE is a fresh, vital, and authoritative new telling of a magnificent and uniquely American story -- filled with marvelous characters, breathtaking settings, and riveting action -- that is central to our history.
"UndauntedCourage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West" tells the story of how Lewis and William Clark began in 1803 the first overland expedition to the Pacific Ocean.
National Geographic, which is coming off the docu hit "March of the Penguins," optioned rights to "UndauntedCourage" years ago from Ambrose, who was an explorer-in-residence for the company.
When Kelly mentioned "UndauntedCourage," Norton told Kelly that it was among his favorite books, and that he had just sent along a copy to his "Fight Club" cohort Pitt.
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